THEOLOGICAL-PASTORAL CONGRESS ON THE FAMILY

VATICAN CITY, NOV 21, 2001 (VIS) - A theological-pastoral congress will be celebrated in the Vatican from November 22 to 24 on the theme "'Familiaris consortio' in its 20th year: Anthropological and pastoral dimensions."

The congress, organized on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Apostolic Exhortation "Familiaris Consortio," will be inaugurated by Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family. Speakers will include Bishop Francisco Gil Hellin and Msgr. Francesco Di Felice, respectively council secretary and under-secretary, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop of Mexico, Archbishop Carlo Caffara of Ferrara-Comacchio, Italy and Archbishop George Pell of Sydney, Australia.

A communique announcing the congress states that there will be six round tables that will examine more closely the following themes: "'Familiaris consortio' during 20 years, revisited by several couples from around the world"; the statute of the embryo; institutes of the family and life; responsible procreation and natural methods; sex education and demographics today.

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